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Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
Science Fiction · Animation · Fantasy · 2006
A folklore professor becomes unwittingly possessed by the ancient Japanese demons of Thunder and Lightning. But when The Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense dispatches a team of agents to investigate, a cursed samurai sword sends Hellboy to a supernatural dimension of ghosts, monsters, and feudal mayhem. Now while pyrokinetic Liz Sherman and fishboy Abe Sapien battle one very pissed-off dragon, a lost and cranky Hellboy must find his way home.
Movie details
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
2006 Science Fiction · Animation · Fantasy 1h 17m
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6.3 / 10
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A folklore professor becomes unwittingly possessed by the ancient Japanese demons of Thunder and Lightning. But when The Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense dispatches a team of agents to investigate, a cursed samurai sword sends Hellboy to a supernatural dimension of ghosts, monsters, and feudal mayhem. Now while pyrokinetic Liz Sherman and fishboy Abe Sapien battle one very pissed-off dragon, a lost and cranky Hellboy must find his way home.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
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“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
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Cast & crew
Directed by
Phil Weinstein · Tad Stones
Written by
Karen Inwood Somers · Tad Stones · Matthew Waynee · Mike Mignola
Ron Perlman
Hellboy (voice)
Selma Blair
Liz Sherman (voice)
Doug Jones
Abe Sapien (voice)
Peri Gilpin
Professor Kate Corrigan (voice)
Gwendoline Yeo
Kitsune (voice)
Dee Bradley Baker
Lightning / Kappa / Pilot (voice)
Phil LaMarr
Bureau Member / Pilot / Additional Voices (voice)
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